Bronx Children's Museum cuts the ribbon on its 1st-ever permanent home
For more than 12 years, the Bronx Children's Museum operated as a "museum without walls."
But now, at long last, it has a permanent home, located along the Harlem River near Yankee Stadium in the South Bronx. On Wednesday Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson joined other elected officials and a group of enthusiastic youngsters to cut the ribbon on the brand new 13,000-square-foot facility.The museum features site-specific art installations and a half-dozen interactive exhibits with names like The Waterways, The Woods and The Nest.
There's even a space called Sonia's Corner, named in honor of two Bronx natives: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and actor-writer Sonia Manzano.Eyewitness News was there as a number of kids got to play and interact with all the exhibits after the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
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